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GaBassFisher92 
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| Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:04 pm)
No link, just reported on ESPN.
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harry coleman beast 
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:06 pm to GaBassFisher92)
Jobless cornball brotha
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castorinho 
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:06 pm to GaBassFisher92)
Cornball network
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:08 pm to GaBassFisher92)
he should have been fired for sucking, not for one opinion
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:08 pm to castorinho)
parker got so fricked in this situation
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Golfer
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:08 pm to SlowFlowPro)
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parker got so fricked in this situation
Explain.
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jimithing11 
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:09 pm to GaBassFisher92)
Racist
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Dr RC 
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:11 pm to GaBassFisher92)
he will go to NBCSN or CBSSN, slowly build back his rep, and then say something stupid to get fired again.
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castorinho
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:11 pm to Golfer)
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Explain
They probably asked him to take that stand. He may have spiced it up but they likely knew prior to the show.
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ProjectP2294 
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:11 pm to Golfer)
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Explain.
He said all the same things in the pre-show run down. ESPN tacitly condoned what he said by allowing it to re-air and then making it available online. Only after huge backlash was he let go.
ESPN basically orchestrated the controversy and let him take the fall.
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iliveinabox
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:13 pm to GaBassFisher92)
When keeping it real goes wrong..
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Choupique19
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:14 pm to ProjectP2294)
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Only after huge backlash was he let go.
Never in history has any white person ever had this exact situation happen to them, right?
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Cosmo 
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:14 pm to iliveinabox)
Wrongful termination suit coming. Firing the man for being black.
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quail man 
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:15 pm to GaBassFisher92)
i don't understand how Stephan A Smith can say "n***a please" and not get as much as a suspension while Rob Parker makes a few comments and gets fired
i get that one could be perceived as worse, but it's a bit extreme.
he is awful, though. but he will get a job elsewhere.
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GumBro Jackson 
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:15 pm to iliveinabox)
That guy sucks. He is an idiot and a pot-stirrer (like several other "personalities" on ESPN).
I agree that ESPN probably tacitly encouraged or at least didn't oppose his remarks until the backlash.
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iliveinabox
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:15 pm to Cosmo)
yup.. 
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ProjectP2294
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:16 pm to Choupique19)
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Never in history has any white person ever had this exact situation happen to them, right?
I'm not sure what that has to do with anything. I think the guy sucks and should have been fired.
I'm only commenting on what went down in this situation. He was told it was ok to say certain things, then fired for actually saying them.
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SlowFlowPro
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:17 pm to Golfer)
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Explain.
the producers knew what he was going to say
that show is all but scripted and planned in meetings beforehand
if it was that big of a deal, it should have never been approved. the person who approved it should be the one taking the heat, not the lackey parker
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Golfer
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:18 pm to castorinho)
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They probably asked him to take that stand. He may have spiced it up but they likely knew prior to the show.
Got it. I haven't followed the story that closely and I can accurately say I've never seen FirstTake.
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jimithing11
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| re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN. (Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:21 pm to Golfer)
What would have happened if Skip Bayless said cornball? Instant raise?
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